Firm-level heterogeneity is substantial even in narrowly defined industries. This paper focuses on formulating … evolution dynamics which can account for the observed heterogeneity and its maintenance. Based on examination of data on Swedish … that the arrival rate of innovation ideas to an individual firm is a function of each firm’s stock of varieties at every …

This paper develops a framework to appreciate the observed heterogeneity of firm size distributions and the entry and … consistent with the model. First, the modeled innovation process imply a persistent distribution of heterogeneous firms. Second …-dependent stochastic innovation process. …

the invariant character of regional development and innovation phenomena, such as long-term population growth, export …

impacts negatively on product innovation activities (both in terms of propensity and success), b) that the effect of em …-ployee staying rate (measured by the share of employees that remain in the firm from one year to the next) on innovation follows an …

influence on each other. We regard creativity as one of the sources of entrepreneurship and innovation (although creativity also … and values being distributed in them, social capital can promote entrepreneurship and innovation and thus economic growth …, but social capital can have an inhibiting effect on entrepreneurship and innovation. Social capital can contribute to …

This paper examines innovation among very small firms and provides new insights into both internal and external … for the period 2000–2006, the following facts emerge: (i) in contrast to larger firms, innovation in micro firms with 1 … innovation among micro firms compared to other firms, (iii) affiliation to a domestically owned multinational enterprise group …